Curacao Seaquarium, Willemstad

Advantages: central location
Disadvantages: staff not very helpful

...around the main bus stop station to get around to the private car park. The hotel itself is located at Willemstad (the capital of Curacao) so it’s very central. Opposite the hotel, there are a lot of very colorful buildings. If you imagine the Amsterdam Street, with narrow building along a canal (Please refer the pictures below). There’s a floating footbridge that hinges open to let boats through. But when we went there last August, the footbridge wasn’t working so there are free transfer boats to bring you to the other side of the town. The boats run frequently from early morning (about 7am) until late at night (about 11pm). We booked on the internet for double room with the sea view. When we arrived there they shown us a twin room with the sea view and there was a dumped smell in the bedroom and the bathroom, so we weren’t happy... Read review

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Advantages: Educational, Good value, location
Disadvantages: None

...Don’t know what to do with the kids? Want to have a bit of fun? Do you want them to learn something? Then I have an answer! You can’t go far wrong with this! ** What is it? ** Seaquarium is an aquarium. It is owned by the same people who own and run The West Midlands Safari Park (I think there are some reviews on this site). There are two Seaquariums, one at Rhyl in North Wales, and the one I visited in Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset. It is in an ideal location, right on the beach. So you kind a get a sense of this is the right place for an aquarium to be. Weston beach is about 3 miles of sand, and when the tide goes out you can see sand for miles!! On a clear day you can see for miles (see the bit about the café!) ** How do I get there? ** When you get to the water you’ve gone too far!! It is in a purpose built... Read review

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Advantages: See Whales and Dolphins Close up
Disadvantages: Deprived of freedom. Animals suffer stress. High cost.

...You thought slavery had been abolished? Wrong! Here at Miami Seaquarium you can witness "Lolita", a Killer Whale plucked from her natural habitat off Puget Sound in 1970 as she performs tricks for food. This killer whale or orca has been confined to captivity for 33 years - longer than most murderers get in jail. Yet this highly intelligent marine mammal has not committed any crime. Instead her captors confine her to a small tank to entertain the crowds. However, have you ever thought what happens after the music stops and the crowds go away? Often these animals will lie listless in the pools afterwards. They shut down their natural communication systems -their sonar - because the signals become confused in an enclosed concrete tank. Many dolphins and killer whales that are captured do not even make it to their prisons... Read review

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